Systems and methods for control of drones

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10291348-B2
Application number	US-201715795195-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 26, 2017
Priority date	Feb 2, 2016
Publication date	May 14, 2019
Grant date	May 14, 2019

Abstract

A system includes a disabling device with a radio circuit configured to disrupt communication having a predetermined protocol; and a movable device including a radio circuit to receive the communication, wherein the radio circuit sends the protocol to disable the movable device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system to interrupt actions of a moveable device or a drone, comprising:
a disabling device with a radio circuit configured to send a no-entry signal to the movable device or drone using a predetermined protocol; and
if the moveable device or drone is non-responsive to the no-entry signal, the radio circuit sends the protocol to disable the movable device, wherein the moveable device radio circuit is configured to send a probe request to a wireless access point to initiate transmission of a probe response specifying a beacon privacy indication.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the moveable device comprises a aircraft, a car, a delivery vehicle, a robot, or a moveable frame.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the disabling device forces the moveable device to be immobilized or to land.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the disabling device comprises a jammer.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the disabling device projects a narrow RF beam to jam GPS and RF signals received by the vehicle.

6. The system of claim 3 , wherein the disabling device comprises a laser.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the disabling device is mounted on a tracker to follow the moveable device.

8. The system of claim 1 , comprising a transmitter communicating plurality of access conditions, including type of vehicles and restriction on each type of vehicle.

9. The system of claim 1 , comprising a beacon frame wherein the beacon frame specifies a plurality of access conditions, including predetermined vehicle IDs and restriction on each vehicle.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the radio circuit is configured to receive an initial beacon frame specifying a beacon interval and a timestamp corresponding to a clock of the wireless access point, and wherein the radio circuit is configured to determine the estimated time period based on the beacon interval and the timestamp, and wherein the radio circuit is configured to enter a low power state before beginning the monitoring of the wireless channel for the next beacon frame.

11. The system of claim 1 , comprising a microwave generator to aim microwave energy at the moveable device to disable the device.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the radio circuit operates over an unlicensed spectrum.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the moveable device uses GPS, comprising jamming the GPS by focusing a beam of random GPS signal and localizing the beam to a predetermined radius around the moveable device.

14. The system of claim 1 , comprising a plurality of drones flying as a flock of birds to collide with the moveable device.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the flock of birds are coupled to a mesh or a chain to entangle the moveable device.

16. The system of claim 1 , comprising a circuit to aim an electromagnetic beam at the moveable device to disable the device.

17. The system of claim 1 , comprising an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) generator to aim an electromagnetic beam at the moveable device to disable the device.

18. The system of claim 1 , comprising a circuit to aim an electromagnetic beam at the moveable device to disable the device.

Assignees

• Tran Bao

Inventors

• Tran Bao
• Tran Ha

Classifications

• H04K3/62

  by exposing communication, processing or storing systems to electromagnetic wave radiation, e.g. causing disturbance, disruption or damage of electronic circuits, or causing external injection of faults in the information · CPC title

• G01S1/7032

  Transmitters · CPC title

• G01S19/015

  Arrangements for jamming, spoofing or other methods of denial of service of such systems · CPC title

• H04K2203/22

  for communication related to vehicles · CPC title

• G01S5/16

  using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves · CPC title